This README.1ST file contains important information that will make your installation so much easier if you read it (Really!). Do youself a big favour .. go ahead, read it and make YOUR day!

1. THANK YOU FOR TRYING WinRamp Lite. First off, the folks at Vironix NA would like to thank you for taking the time to download WinRamp Lite! We sure you will find the application a worthwhile addition to your software collection.

2. NB! READ THIS SECTION IF YOU ALREADY HAVE VERSION 1.1 ONLY follow the instructions in THIS section if you already have Version 1.1, otherwise you MUST do the full installation procedure.

The ONLY change from WinRamp Lite Version 1.1 to this Version 1.11 is a completely new WINRAMP.FON file. There is therefore NO NEED to go through the entire installation procedure if you already have Version 1.1 successfully installed.

In this distribution the WINRAMP.FON has not been archived. Thus all you will need to do is manually remove the existing Version 1.1 WINRAMP.FON by means of the Font Manager in the Control Panel (usually found in the Main Group), and then install this new WINRAMP.FON.

The difference between the two is obvious in the size of the Version 1.1 font file is 192,016 bytes, and the NEW Version 1.11 font file is now 114,336 bytes.

3. NB! UPGRADING FROM WINRAMP LITE 1.00b or 1.01 If you have been running a previous version of WinRamp Lite (i.e. version 1.00b or version 1.01) just prior to installing this new version, AND you have not closed down Windows since running the old version, it is highly likely that the WINRAMP.FON file is still in memory and may be locked.

As the WINRAMP.FON must be upgraded to successfully use the VT emulations, it is recommeneded that you first restart Windows. This will release the font file and allow the installation procedure to automatically upgrade to the new updated font file.

4. AUTHENTIC ORIGINAL DISTRIBUTION ARCHIVE. The original distribution archives (either RMP111.ZIP or WRAMP111.ZIP) were compressed with PkWare's PKZIP Authentification Verification feature. If you obtained an archive without the -AV, it is possible that some installation files could be missing. Should your installation fail, please obtain the orginal archive. This can be found on Compuserve in the WINSHARE AND IBMCOM forums and The WinRamp Support BBS at 1-508-373-3336.

5. INSTALLATION NOTES. We *highly* recommend that you run the INSTALL.EXE program to assist with the installation. The install program will take care of all the details such as registering the WINRAMP font file with Font Manager.

Most of the files within the RMP111.ZIP or WRAMP111.ZIP archive are compressed to save space on your drive after installation. You can delete these files after installation, however if you do this, we recommend you keep the original distribution archive. The EXTRACT.EXE utility included with the original distribution archive can be used to decompress any distribution file when required.

IF you choose NOT to use the Installation program (we do NOT recommend this), remember to register the file WINRAMP.FON with the Font Manager (in Control Panel). Winramp's terminal emulations will be severely limited if this is not done.

If the Installation fails for some reason, please be sure to check the text file PACKING.LST to make sure that you have all the files neccessary to run WinRamp Lite. PACKING.LST includes the addresses to online locations where you can be sure to obtain the orginal WinRamp Lite archive.

6. RIPSCRIP ICONS. If you will be accessing Online Systems that support the graphical emulation standard RIPScrip 1.x, and you do NOT yet have any RIP Icon files on your hard-drive, you MUST run the self-extracting archive file RIPICONS.EXE into the following directory:

\RIP\ICONS

If you already have a collection of RIP Icons files from a different application, you may wish to rather set up the WinRamp Lite RIP Terminal emulation to "point" to these existing icons.

7. REVISION HISTORY. All changes and revisions have been recorded within the Online Help file, and within the REVISION.111 text file.